Vera Institute of Justice

John F. Savarese is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His practice principally relates to securities regulation, compliance, and the defense of regulatory and white-collar criminal investigations. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and then worked as an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York, serving there as chief appellate attorney. He has taught advanced criminal procedure at Harvard Law School.

Savarese joined Vera’s Board of Trustees in 1995.